Be the envy of all your friends when you master Macromedia Dreamweaver MX using this guide. Well, that envy part may never happen, but look at the smattering of 28 quick tips to help make your efforts in Dreamweaver MX even more simple.

This chapter is from the book

This chapter is from the book

Two web developer guys meet for lunch one Tuesday afternoon. "I need a
vacation. Everything lately has been work, work, work...", complains the
first guy. The second guy says, "I know the feeling. I can't wait
until next month. I'm going to Jamaica for a couple of weeks." The
other developer responds, "Hey, that's not fair. You work on as many
sites as I do. How can you afford to take the time off?" The second guy,
looks down and notices Dreamweaver MX Killer Tips sticking out of his briefcase
and quickly pushes the briefcase under the table andwith a very big grinhe
then replies, "I must work faster than you do." During lunch, the
first guy gripes about typical web development woes while the second guy just
smiles and nods.

Hey, it could happen! This chapter is specialwell they're all special
but this one is differentbecause this chapter is like a box of chocolates.
That's right, you never know what you're going to get. You just might
find that perfect tip that you didn't even know you were looking for that
frees up so much of your time that you can afford to take that vacation you've
been wanting. You never know; stranger things have happened! Send me an email
if you need a good travel agent...

BRINGING IN SEPARATE PARAGRAPHS FROM WORD

How many times has this happened to you? You highlight a bunch of paragraphs
in Word and copy 'em. Switch to Dreamweaver and click paste. Yikes! All
your nicely laid out paragraphs come in as one big block. Truth is, you haven't
lost all your formattingDreamweaver interprets a single paragraph return
as a line-break tag, <br>. Two returns, however, are changed
to paragraph tags. So the moral is this: If you're copying multiple paragraphs
from your word processing document, make sure your paragraphs are separated
by two returns.

Bonus Tip! Change a <br> tag to a surrounding <p>
in one move: With Invisible Elements turned on, select the <br>
symbol and press Enter (Return)the line-break is gone and the text is
now wrapped in a paragraph tag.